Sir Charles HallKCMG PC QC (3 August 1843 – 9 March 1900)[1] was a British lawyer and politician.
He was the second son ofSir Charles Hall (1814–1883) and his wife, Sarah née Duval. After attendingHarrow School, he studied atTrinity College, Cambridge,[2] and underJames Hannen, Baron Hannen atLincoln's Inn.
He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn on 17 November 1866, and built up a large practice in theAdmiralty court and the south-east of England, becoming aQueen's Counsel in 1881. He was made a Bencher of theMiddle Temple in 1884.[3]
From 1877 he was attorney-general tothe Prince of Wales, and he apparently was a great favourite with the Prince and his wife.[3] In May 1890, he was made a Knight Commander of theOrder of St Michael and St George (KCMG) for acting as the British representative at an international conference onmaritime law held in Washington, D.C., the previous year.[4]
In the1885 United Kingdom general election he was returned asConservativemember of parliament for theChesterton division ofCambridgeshire. After his defeat in the1892 general election,[5] he was elected at a by-election in August 1892 for theHolborn division ofFinsbury.[5] He was not a frequent speaker in Parliament.[3]
In 1892 he was appointedRecorder of London, an office which could be combined with being in Parliament, but not with a court position (thus he resigned as attorney-general to the Prince of Wales). A contemporary newspaper obituary has the following on his time as recorder:
The late Recorder has fully justified his appointment. His sentences have, perhaps, at times been unduly severe, but he has been courteous and patient, and little criticism has been passed on his judicial conduct.[3]
He was appointed as aPrivy Councillor in 1899, and died in office on 9 March 1900 aged 56.[3]
He never married, and is buried inKensal Green Cemetery.
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| New constituency | Member of Parliament forChesterton 1885 –1892 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forHolborn 1892 –1900 | Succeeded by |
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